Well-bucket.



W. BEHAN.

WEL'L BUCKET,

APPLICATION man mimo. 1917.

Patented Dee. 25,1917.

WILLIAM BEHAN, OF .STIGLER, OKLAHOMA.

WELL-BUCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1917.

Application iled March 20, 1917. Serial No. 15,028.

To all whom t may concern.'

Bc it known that l, lVILLL-mr BEHAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Stigler, in the county of Haskell and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Improvement in lVell-Buckets, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relaties generally to well buckets and more particularly to buckets for utilization in connection with drilled wells, and consists generally in a bucket shaped and constructed with the particular idea in view of adapting to the withdrawal of water from deep drilled wells and whereby to facilitate its filling when lowered into the water as well as the outflow of the water therefrom when raised to the surface. The invention also consists in a bucket of this nature having means to provide for the effective use of an externa-l bail, and in the provision of certain other means whereby to bring about the advantages to be presently described.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a p art of this specification and illustrating my invention- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a drilled well showing my improvements.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section through the lower portion of the bucket.

ln these figures it will be noted that the bucket as provided with my invention is generally of the shape -of an elongated cylinder whose diameter is substantially less than the diameter of the well generally indicated at A and in which the bucket is to loe utilized, the cylindrical body of which bucket is indicated at 10 and provided with frustoconical ends 11 and 12, the lower end 12 of which has its lower intake opening 13 provided with an internally opening valve 14 which opens as the bucket is lowered into the water within the well in Iorder to permit of quick eective filling of the cylindrical body 10 with the fluid, the weight of the latter of which maintains the valve 14 in closed position when the bucket is elevated after filling.

The particular shape of the ends 11 and 12 obviate battering thereof against the casing of the well and this destructive engagement of the bucket with the well casing is further obviated and prevented by annular series of fenders or buffers 15 around the cylindrical body 10 respectively adjacent the frustoconical ends 11 and 12, each ofv said fenders or buffers consisting of a bow-shaped strip of suitable material having flattened ends 16, the latter of which are secured to the cylindrical body 10 of the bucket by rivets or like fastening members 17 the fenders of each series being in spaced relation and disposed lengthwise of the cylinder and capable of ready renewal when worn or broken at a cost comparatively small as regards cost of repair or renewal of a major part of the bucket itself.

Thus the fenders 15 in addition to protecting the end portions of the bucket provide also for the utilization of an external bail 18 as seen in Fig. 1, generally U-shaped as usual, the ends of the extensions of which are pivotally connected at 19 to arms 20, the inner ends of which are rigidly secured in suitable manner to diametrically opposing points of the cylindrical body 10 adjacent its upper end 11, to outstand in spaced relation to the frusto-conical end 11 substantially parallel to the aXis of the body 10.

In this manner the bail of the type described which is ordinarily incapable of use with a bucket of the present character, is well protected and provides for a more economical manufacture in the irst instance as well as a more ready and convenient manipulation in use.

In addition to the protection afforded the frusto-conical ends 11 and 12, and the provision for an external bail, it is obvious that the fenders or buffers 15 operate to greatly prolong the life of the bucket taken as a whole in protecting the same against the wear and tear of contact with the casings of drilled wells, usually tile casing, constant rubbing against which usually cuts or wears out the body of the bucket in a remarkably short time.

I claim f 1. A bucket for use in drilled wells consisting of an elongated cylindrical body having frusto-conical upper and lower ends, series of fenders or buffers around the said body adjacent the said ends, a U-shaped eX- ternal bail, and arms secured to the body adjacent its upper end and outstanding therefrom substantially parallel to the axis thereof in spaced relation to the frusto-conical upper end and to which the extensions of the bail are pivoted.

2. A bucket for use in drilled Wells consisting of an elongated cylindrical body portion having open upper and loWer ends and a Valve in the latter end, and a series of fenders or buffers carried by the body adjacent its said ends, each of said series including bow-shaped strips having lia-ttened ends secured to the Wall of lthe body and disposed in spaced relation lengthwise of the body.

3. A bucket for use in drilled Wells, having its body provided adjacent its opposite ends with buffers, each consisting of an annular series of bow-shaped strips disposed longitudinally of the body and secured in lo Copies o! this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by :addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

